Configure a Source for RD Web Access

To provide users access to RemoteApp and Desktop Connection, you must configure Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access) to specify the source that provides the RemoteApp programs and virtual desktops that are displayed to users. You can configure RD Web Access to use either of the following:

A RemoteApp source is an individual RD Session Host server or a farm of identically configured RD Session Host servers on which RemoteApp programs have been configured. You can specify multiple RemoteApp sources. To configure RemoteApp programs on an RD Session Host server, use RemoteApp Manager.

Use the following procedure to specify the source that RD Web Access uses for RemoteApp and Desktop Connection.

You must log on by using either the local Administrator account on the RD Web Access server or an account that is a member of the TS Web Access Administrators group on the RD Web Access server to complete this procedure. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477.

To specify the source for RemoteApp and Desktop Connection

Connect to the RD Web Access Web site. To do this, use either of the following methods:

On the RD Web Access server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Web Access Configuration.

Use Internet Explorer to connect to the RD Web Access Web site. By default, the Web site is located at the following address, where server_name is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the RD Web Access server:

https://server_name/rdweb

Log on to the Web site by using either the local Administrator account on the RD Web Access server or an account that is a member of the TS Web Access Administrators group on the RD Web Access server.

On the title bar, click Configuration.

Note

If you access the RD Web Access Web site by using the Remote Desktop Web Access Configuration option, the page automatically opens to the Configuration page.

Select either An RD Connection Broker server or One or more RemoteApp sources.

If you select An RD Connection Broker server, in the Source name box, enter the NetBIOS name or the FQDN of the RD Connection Broker server.

If you select One or more RemoteApp sources, in the Source name box, enter the NetBIOS name or the FQDN of the RemoteApp source. If you are using an RD Session Host server farm as the RemoteApp source, specify the DNS name of the farm. If you are specifying multiple RemoteApp sources, separate each name with a semicolon.

Click OK to save the changes.

If you selected An RD Connection Broker server, you can specify the connection name and connection ID by using the Remote Desktop Connection Manager tool on the RD Connection Broker server. For more information, see Configure RemoteApp and Desktop Connection Properties.

If you selected One or more RemoteApp sources, you must specify a connection name and a connection ID. The connection name is used to identify RemoteApp and Desktop Connection provided by the RD Web Access server to the user. To specify the connection name and connection ID, on the RD Web Access server, open the %windir%\web\RDWeb\App_Data\RDWebAccess.config file in a text editor, such as Notepad.